“Oh, again forgive me; but that trite apology for the delayed dawn seems to me to fling the blame on God in order to palliate man’s indifference.”
“Miriamne, thou art thoughtful beyond thy years, but what wouldst thou have?”
“Some one to show me how, and when, and where to proclaim a revolution! There is need that Israel believe; that one half the race, its women, be crowned with its full privileges and powers; that Christian humanity check war, banish poverty and bring in universal justice.”
“Revolutionist, indeed; though a blessed one art thou!”
“So I’m often told; but who will show me how to work for such ends!”
“Hast thou among thy knightly companionships heard of the Grail knights?”
“I’ve heard of them; but not a great deal. Why ask?”
“Thou art like them.”
“I’m glad to know whom I’m like; tell me of them that I may know myself.”
“They, as their life work, and with charming enthusiasm, sought an object pure and noble, but which none but they themselves could see.”